Refinancing With a Court Judgment on File: What Still Works
Nick Lim Nick Lim

Refinancing With a Court Judgment on File: What Still Works

A refinance decline is often the first time an owner discovers a court judgment. This guide follows what happens next: checking the listing, dealing with enforcement, calculating usable equity, comparing property secured options, paying the judgment at settlement and planning the exit back to lower-cost finance.

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ATO Garnishee Notice: How It Works, How Much the ATO Can Take and What to Do
Nick Lim Nick Lim

ATO Garnishee Notice: How It Works, How Much the ATO Can Take and What to Do

An ATO garnishee notice directs a bank, employer, customer, card provider or property-sale party to pay money owed to you straight to the ATO. This guide starts from the real event that brings owners here, a swept account, a bounced payment or a customer contacted by the ATO, then covers who can receive a notice, how much the ATO can take, how long it lasts, how to seek variation or withdrawal, and where finance genuinely fits. Written for company, investor and commercial owners under ATO enforcement.

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Finance During and After a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA)
Nick Lim Nick Lim

Finance During and After a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA)

A deed of company arrangement is a deal to keep a company alive, not automatically its end. How finance works across the whole director journey: funding the deed contribution, trading through, understanding home and guarantee exposure, and refinancing once the deed is completed.

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Notice to Complete Received? Deadlines, Costs and Finance Options
Nick Lim Nick Lim

Notice to Complete Received? Deadlines, Costs and Finance Options

A notice to complete sets a firm new deadline to settle and makes time of the essence. This guide explains what to do first, how to identify why settlement is failing, how deadlines and costs work in NSW, VIC and QLD, when an extension or completion finance may fit, what lenders need, and what happens after urgent finance settles.

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Statutory Demands in Australia: Your Options in the 21 Day Window
Nick Lim Nick Lim

Statutory Demands in Australia: Your Options in the 21 Day Window

A statutory demand gives an Australian company 21 days to pay, secure or compound a debt, or apply to set the demand aside. Miss the window and the company is presumed insolvent. Here is what to do in the first 24 hours, your three lawful responses, where you stand personally, and the property backed funding options in between.

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What Is a Director Penalty Notice and What To Do in 21 Days
Nick Lim Nick Lim

What Is a Director Penalty Notice and What To Do in 21 Days

A customer-journey guide to the director penalty notice for company directors and their advisers: when personal liability can arise, when the 21 day window actually starts, what to gather and who to call in the first 48 hours, how to read mixed lockdown and non-lockdown amounts, the different PAYG/GST and super guarantee reporting tests, what an ATO payment arrangement does and does not do, the defences, the rules for new and resigned directors, the personal-asset and bankruptcy questions directors ask next, where property-secured finance does and does not fit, and where to get insolvency, legal and free help first.

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What Is Agribusiness Finance? Equipment, Land and Cashflow Loans
Nick Lim Nick Lim

What Is Agribusiness Finance? Equipment, Land and Cashflow Loans

What is agribusiness finance, and how does a farm actually get funded? This guide covers equipment and machinery finance (chattel mortgage, lease, hire purchase and sale and leaseback), buying and expanding farmland, seasonal cashflow and working capital, livestock and specialised agri finance, the government concessional loans from the Regional Investment Corporation, how lenders read variable farm income, what agribusiness finance costs, the funding routes side by side, why deals get declined, and where to get help in drought or hardship, with links down to the finance pages for anyone ready to act.

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